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Patented J an. 2, 1912.

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UNITE snares rann r erro- GHARLES A. BAECHTOLD, OF MOUNTAINSIDE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO LIDGER- WOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A QOBPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Patented an. 2, 1912.

Application filed October 3, 1911. Serial No. 652,482.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES A. Bacon- TOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mountainside, inthe county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Transferring Means, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in car transferring means, and more particularly contemplates poweroperated means for use in mines to transfer the cars which are employed to carry out the diggings of the mine.

The invention consists in the-improvements to be fully described hereinafter and .the novelty of which will be particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed.

"when cars are employed for carrying out the d1-gg'1ngs,'thecars are transferred or propelled through the main headings and leries of the mines, by cable systems, electr c trolley systems, and draft mules, and the cars are transferred or switched into the branch headings or rooms by mules in each of the cases mentioned, as it is impracticable to extend the cableway systems or electric systems into the branch headings, so that, no matter what form of power is employed for propelling the cars through the main headings or galleries, mules have formed the draft means for propelling the cars into the branch galleries where the mining operations are taking place.

By my invention according to the embodiment to be described a portable power plant is employed adapted to travel on the track of the main heading, and a plurality of draft lines, one for each branch heading, and an individual operating drum for each line located at the entrance to each branch headfineans to a car 22. -w1ll be seen that the line may be attached ing, provision being made whereby the portable power plant inay be coupled individually to the drums to pull the cars into the respective headings.

Referring to the drawings bymharacters of reference: 2 designates the main heading or gallery of a mine, and 2, 2 are the branch. headings or rooms in which the mining operations are being performed, the latter be ing separated by partitions 3 as shown.

Extending longitudinally of the main lery 1 is the main tra'ckway 4 upon which the cars are propelled to and from the branch headings, said trackway being joined to a branch trackway or siding 5 which enters and extends longitudinally of the branch heading and 6 is a car to travel on the main and branch trackways. It will be understood that there will be a branch trackway for each branch heading or for each heading which is being mined. At the entrance preferably ofeachbranchhead ing is arranged a winding drum 7 mounted on a horizontal shaft 8 in bearings 9 on a frame 10. ,The drum is provided with a brake rim 11 with which cooperates brake I swinging the; lever to urge the brake shoe into engagement with the brake rim so that the drum may revolve under friction. The head of the drum is also provided with a beveled gear 15 with which meshes a gear 16 on the. end of a shaft 17 extending at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the drum and journaled in a bearing 18 on the main frame. At its end opposite to that carrying the gear 16 the shaft 17 carries one member 19 of a universal joint of Well known form and having the arms 20.

ound upon the drum just described is a cable 21 which extends lengthwise of the branch track in the heading and is passed over snatch blocks or other forms of rope guides 21 in the end of the heading and then carried central of the track so that it may be conveniently secured byany suitable By this arrangement it to a car and upon revolving the drum to Wind up the rope, the car Wlll be drawn up into the branch heading to the point desired posite end of which is a weight 14: normally I takes engage respectively'wit-h the clutch mem crating the clutch shaft.

' controller. 42, anda hand lever 43 on a brake.

- runningywhee s. The current for the-motor -1S collectedfrom trolley wires (not shown) is not thought necessary to illustrate the ci-r 25'the shaft of which carries a 'gear pinion 26 meshing with a gear. 26 on a shaft 27, the latter carrying a pinion 28 in mesh with 'seto i the running wheels. Slidably mounted on the powr-shaft and keyed thereto is a-clutch member '33 adapted to be moved I 36 designates a horizontally disposed clutch-operating 'shaft,';j journaled in bearand, the clutch 35 in. It will thus be see 'motor, and that, when the driving wheel outer-end of the'power shaft30 is tubular,

by theminer. It will be understood that there is'one of these drums and itsg cable in each branch heading-which is being mined and that the same may be readily set up and. taken down as the progress of the mining place from one branch heading to another. v l Q g i I will now describe the means whereby any one of the drums employed may be driven individually by power todraw a car into a heading. This -means consists a portable power plant adapted to travel on the main trackway in the main heading, the same being in the form of a car 23 having running wheels 24 to. travel on the main trackway. Mounted on this car is a motor a gear 29 loosely mounted on a power shaft 36. This gear 29a-1so meshes with a gear 31 loosely mounted onl the axle 32 carrying one longitudinally of said shaft. to cooperate with a clutch 3401i the ear--29 to couple the latter uifjthe powersiaft'whereby the latter is driven. There-is al soa clutch member35 keyed to the'axl'e 32'ai d adapted to be moved longitudinally thereof to couple said axle andthe gear31;

ings 37 on the car frameandhaving o.ppo-- sitel-y projecting yokes"%;3.8,, 39, adapted to here 33, 35, the arrangement bein such that the rotation of the operating sha t 36 serves to operate the clutches 33, 35 in opposite, directions; that is,- when rotated in one direction, it throws the clutch 33 in andthe clutch 35 out, while, when rotated in the opposite direction, the clutch 33 is thrown out that, when the power shaft clutchis in, t' e driving wheels are disconnected from the clutch is in, the power shaft is stationary. A suitable hand lever 40 is provided for op:

The operators station or platform is 'shownJat 41 adjacent to which is a current shaft ig-carrbrake shoes engaging the by 'a trolley 45 in a well-known manner. "It

cuits for the motor, as they form-no part of my invention. v

Connected by a universal joint 46 with the shaft member 47'havingan angularly walled interior to receive theangularly faced portion 48 of a shaft member 49 carrying on its outer end the complemental member or part 50 of a universal joint of which the parts 19,"

20, heretofore described, form the other member. This universal joint may be as shown in the form of the well known Hooke Gimbal joint, and I make the parts readily detachable so that the power shaft of the power plant may be easily coupled and uncoupled from any one of the drums associated with the branch headings. In order a to accomplish this, I make the pin 51 for connecting the centerpiece 52 to-the arms 2O removable, and connect it by a flexible pres ing operation requires that one of these, cars be drawn into one of the branch headings, the car is shoved from' the main 'trackway as I the main heading, whenever the progress 0 the windonto the branch tra'ckway after which the free end of the cable 21 is attached thereto.

The portable'power plant, it it; is not already adjacentthe heading into which the car is to be drawn, is propelledby its'own motor to a point adjacent the heading, as

shown. in Figs. land 2, the clutch 35 being in engagement with the gear 31 on the axle,

and the clutch 33 being disengaged from the gear 29 on the power shaft during the move-- ment of said power'plant. When the. power plant arrives at the point where it is to oper-- ate, the clutches are shifted so that the run-.'

49 may be driven. The part 52 of the universal joint heretofore described is thenmeans of; the pin 51. The operator. them' by coupled to thelparts-20 ofthe part lfl by means-of his controller, throws the current onto the motor to drive: the power shaft which, through the intermediate gear, operates said shaft to rotate'the shaft composed of the parts 47 and 49 to revolve the drum 7 and thereby wind the cable 21 thereon whereby the empty ,car is'drawn into the branch heading, this operation continuing until the car reaches the point desired, The

shaft for connecting the power lant and the drum may then be disconnecte .from the drum and. the .power plant may be moved along the main" heading-in. order that it may be connected to any one of the other drums which may be desired.- The brake 12, operating on the friction surface 11 on the drum 7, operates to hold the drum so that thecar will be held at any point to which it may be drawn. \Vhen the car is to be taken from the branch heading, it may be disconnec ed from the line 21. and permitted to pass from the heading by gravity, or, if de sired, the cable may remain connected thereto and the car pass from the heading by grayity under control of said brake 12.

t will be seen that the construction of the shaft 47, 49 permits its length to be varied so that it may be properly and conveniently connected to"any enact the drums 7 without the-necessity of placing the same at any fixed distance from the main trackway. \Vhen the power plant moves along the main heading it will be understood that the drum driving shaft may be folded back on the universal joint 46 andsupported on the-car 23 in any suitable manner to have it. clear obstructions and prevent it from dragging on the floor of the 1 inc. I

While I have fleSClibQClthlS invention as a means for transferring the cars in a mine, it will be understood that it is not necessarily limited to use in connection with mining operations,'hut may be employed in connection with any system of transportation which involves the main tracltway from which extend branch trackways or any system of transportation in which there is a main tracl tway and one or more trackways extending 'at an angle to the main trackway.

While- I have shown and described what appears to me at the present time to be the best embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the particular construction and arrangement of parts as they are capable of wide variation Without departing from the spirit and scope of the in.- vention, more particularly the construction of the power plant and the means for connecting the same to the Windlass or other cable-operating means, or the specific struc ture of the cable-operating means. For stance, the power plant need not be pro vided with self-prope1ling means, but could be otherwise moved to the point where it is to operate and the power'plant could be connected to the cable-operating means by any power transmitting arrangement which could be readily coupled and uncoupled therefrom. j

I do not employ the term fixed in the claims in a limiting sense as designating any Way in which the rope-operating drums are mounted at the branch trackways.

hat I claim and desire to secure by Lettors Patent of the United States 1. In a system of the character described,

the combination of a main trackway, a

trackway at an angle thereto, a winding drum fixed at said angularly disposed trackway, a cable operated by said-drum, a port- 'able power plant adapted to travel on the main tracltway, and means vfor connecting the portable power plant to the said fixed drum to drive the latter.

2. in a system of the character described, the combination of a main traelnvay, a plurality of traekways at an angle thereto, a windin drum fixed at each of said angularly disposed tiRClE 'aXS, a cable. operated by each of said drums, a portable power plant adapted to travel on the mam trackway, and means for connecting the portable power plant with said fixed drums to drive the latter.

3. ln a system of the character described, the combination of a main trackway, a plurality of branch trackways connected to the main tracltway at an angle thereto, a winding drum fixed at each of said angularly disposed trackways, a cable operated by each of said drums, a portable power plant adapted to travel. on the main trackway,

and 'means for connecting the portable power plant with said fixed drums to drive the latter.

r. ln a system of the character described, the combination of a-v main trackway, a plurality oi tr'acltways at an angle thereto, a winding drum fixed at each of said angularly disposed trackways, a cable operated byeach said drums, a portable power plant adapted to travel on the main trackway, a shaft connected to the power plant by universal joint, and means for connectmg the shaft to the fixed drums.

5. In a system of the character described, thecombination of a main trackway, a plurality of trackways at an angle thereto, a winding drum fixedat each of said angularly disposed trackways, a cable operated by each of said drums, a portable power plant adapted to travel on the main -trackway, a shaft connected to the power plant a universal joint, and a detachable uni- "al. joint for conncctin said shaft with said fixed drums.

ln a system of the character described,

by each of said drums, a ortable power plant adapted to travel on the main track- Way, and an extensible, universal connection for connecting the power plant to said fixed drums.

7. In a system of the character described, the combination of a main traclcway, a plurality of traclcways at an angle thereto, a drum fixed at each of said last-mentioned trackways, a portable power plant on the main tracltway, a propelling shaft and a power shaft on the power plant, a motor, means for coupling the motor to either of said shafts, and means for, connecting the main tmckway, and means for connecting power shaft to said fixed drums to drivethe the power plant to any one 0i said fixed sameindividually. drums"\vl1e1-eby the latter is driven.

8. In a system of the character described, In testimony whereof I have hereunto 15 5 the combination of a main traekw'ay, a plusigned my name in the presence of two -sub-- V rality of traekways at an angle thereto, a scribing witnesses.

drum fixed at. each of said last-mentioned trackwitys, a cable Wound on each drum and CHAELES BAECH-TOLD' extending longitudinally of the tmekway Witnesses: 10 and over guides at a point remote from o WALTER L. S. PIERCE,

said drums, a portable power plant on the i1. CHAS. G. MUNIER. 

